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Hi everybody,

I'd like to give you an update on what's new on Odessa

1) A new article about Sholem Aleichem:
Isabelle Nemirovsky's new article portraits the life of one of the greatests Yiddish writers.
Although Sholem Aleichem only lived 3 years in Odessa, they were fruitful ones and Odessans consider him a "son of the city".
You'll find it on the "Life in Odessa\Art & Culture" section or you can read it directly here

If you have any family story that you want to share, or any subject about the Life in Odessa that you'd like to write about, please contact me.

2) Vital records translation project:
The project continues "as usual". In the last 60 days almost 300 new records have been translated by our volunteers and some 20 new documents added to the database.

If you have any document concerning Odessa that you want to share, please contact me.

3) 1858 Census Project:
The researcher continues to work on the records and we'll have new ones published soon on the database. I'll keep you updated.

Thanks to all the people who has already donated money for this project. For those who haven't done it yet, I remind you that you can do it here. We still need your contribution.

Thanks and Shana Tova to everybody,

Ariel Parkansky
Odessa Town Leader
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/odessa

Hi everybody,

Thanks to those of you who have already contributed to the project. The first fruits are already available.

Fond 22 Opis 1 Delo 100 is online on the All Odessa Database: 200 family names.

I remind you that this project indexes only the family names providing you with the fond/opis/delo/page that will allow you to request the full record to the Kherson State Archives.

Indexing the full records is out of our monetary capacity as is obtaining the document copies (5 USD per page).

We need still your contribution to get the researcher indexing all the volumes available. As always, you can donate to the Odessa Documents Acquisition and Translation project at http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=22

Thank you,

Ariel Parkansky
Odessa Town Leader
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/odessa

Hi everybody,

A researcher hired by a fellow genealogist has generated a list for the surnames appearing on the Fond 22 Opis 1 Delo 100 of the 1858 census (it will be online on the Odessa database by the end of the month).

I'd like to generate the same index for all the know "delos" (volumes) available for Odessa on the Kherson archives as a first step, and then to identify and get full information of selected Jewish records on a second time.

I think that the index will give genealogists a very good idea of what they can find on the archives and where to easily find for their family. If we collect enough money we will then begin to acquire the full information.

For that we need money to hire the researcher. All donations, no matter the amount, will be welcomed.
You can do it through the Odessa document acquisition and translation projects fund at http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=22

This is the list (numbers are Delo numbers, Fond 22 Opis 1):

31. Census of citizens in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the years 1857-1858.
32. Census of honorable citizens and tradesmen citizens in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the years 1857-1858.
34. Census of tradesmen and citizens (Karaite) in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the years 1857-1858.
Comment: this file seems to be about Jewish people.
35. Census of citizens in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the years 1857-1858.
38. Census of citizens in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the years 1857-1858.
39. Census of citizens in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the years 1857-1858.
40. Census of tradesmen in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the years 1857-1858.
43. Census of tradesmen Christians in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the years 1857-1858.
53. Census of citizens in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the years 1857-1858.
56. Census of Jewish people citizens in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the year 1858.
74. Census of citizens and tradesmen in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the years 1858-1859.
84. Census of citizens in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the year 1858.
102. Census of citizens in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the year 1858.
112. Census of citizens, tradesmen and Jewish population in the town of Ochakov, Odessa uezd (district).
119. Census of citizens and tradesmen in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the year 1858.
126. Census of residents in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the year 1858.
134. Census of citizens in the town of Odessa, Kherson gubernia (region) for the year 1858.
Thanks in advance,

Ariel Parkansky
Odessa town leader
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/odessa

Hi everybody,

Here's another great discovery by Marilyn Robinson:

The detailed contents of the Odessa Rabbinate Records (fond 39) is available on the Odessa State Archives webpage at http://derjarhiv.odessa.gov.ua/Main.aspx?sect=Page&IDPage=44303&id=130

There's a pdf file for each "Opis" (1 to 6) specifying it.

I've placed a copy of these files on the page of the Odessa KehilaLinks dedicated to the Archives

Regards,

Ariel Parkansky

Odessa Town Leader

Hi everybody,

As promised, a new book (1908 All Odessa Directory) is online on the Books Database of the Odessa KehilaLinks.

By the moment is only readable but in the future it will be searchable too (I don't advance dates for that).

Enjoy,

Ariel Parkansky
Odessa Town Leader
kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/odessa